UNITED KINGDOM
The Guardian

I was a minister at the time and he was happy with our response. Now Leon Brittan should be left in peace

David Mellor
The Guardian, Monday 7 July 2014

Home secretary Theresa May continues to surprise her sceptics, with an assured announcement of two reviews, looking into how public bodies undertook their duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse, and whether any legal gaps in child protection remain. These could put back on track a totally legitimate concern to root out and punish paedophiles, especially those in high places, which was in danger of spilling over into a witch hunt.

Her Hillsborough-style inquiry will rightly embrace all parts of our national life – not just the poor benighted Home Office, which has received such a good kicking in recent days.

My only reservation would concern the frankly rather emptily populist decision…